Planning and Development Committee

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, January 08, 2024

Time:

6:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.

Location:

Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 2nd Floor

300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 3C1

and Online Video Conference

Members

• Mayor Bonnie Crombie
• Councillor Stephen Dasko, Ward 1, Chair
• Councillor Alvin Tedjo, Ward 2
• Councillor Chris Fonseca, Ward 3
• Councillor John Kovac, Ward 4
• Councillor Carolyn Parrish, Ward 5
• Councillor Joe Horneck, Ward 6
• Councillor Dipika Damerla, Ward 7
• Councillor Matt Mahoney, Ward 8
• Councillor Martin Reid, Ward 9
• Councillor Sue McFadden, Ward 10
• Councillor Brad Butt, Ward 11

Staff Present
Shari Lichterman, City Manager
Geoff Wright, Commissioner, Transportation & Works
Jodi Robillos, Commissioner, Community Services
Andrew Whittemore, Commissioner, Planning & Building
Michal Minkowski, Legal Counsel
Chris Rouse, Director, Development & Design
Ryan Au, Manager, Traffic Planning
Emma Calvert, Manager, Development Engineering and Construction
Sangita Manandhar, Team Leader, Park Assets
Ashlee Rivet-Boyle, Manager, Development Central
Hugh Lynch, Manager, Development South
Andrea Dear, Development Planner
Adam Lucas, Development Planner
Michael Franzolini, Development Planner
Sacha Smith, Manager Secretariat and Access & Privacy,
Angie Melo, Legislative Coordinator

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

Councillor Dasko called the meeting to order at 6:00PM

2.

INDIGENOUS LAND STATEMENT

Councillor Dasko recited the Indigenous Land Statement

3.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Approved (Councillor M. Mahoney) 

4.

DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST - Nil

5.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

5.1

Planning and Development Committee Draft Minutes - December 11, 2023

Approved (Councillor S. McFadden)

6.

MATTERS CONSIDERED

6.1

PUBLIC MEETING RECOMMENDATION REPORT (WARD 3)

Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning applications to permit a 6 storey apartment building with ground floor commercial uses
971 Burnhamthorpe Road East, northeast corner of Burnhamthorpe Road East and Tomken Road
Owner: Reza Tahmasebi
File: OZ 14/001 W3

Jaspreet Sidhu, Planner provided an overview of the Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning applications.

Martin Quarcoopome, Vice-President, Weston Consulting spoke on behalf of his client Serena Homes, who have recently entered into an offer of purchase and sale with the current owners and expressed their desire to advance the previous approvals with amendments to replace ground floor commercial units with residential units.

Councillor Fonseca provided an overview on the background of the applications;  spoke to the request made by Serena Homes to replace commercial units with residential units on the ground floor, and proposed an alternative recommendation.

• RECOMMENDATION PDC-0001-2024
  Moved By Councillor C. Fonseca

  1. That Council approved resolution PDC-0059-2016 for 971 Burnhamthorpe Road East, under File OZ 14/001 W3, be reinstated.
  2. That notwithstanding Council’s approval of the applications to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By- law for 971 Burnhamthorpe Road East, under File OZ 14/001 W3, in accordance with the provisions contained in the staff report dated June 7, 2016 from the Commissioner of Planning and Building, that Council direct the Planning and Building Department to change the Official Plan designation from Motor Vehicle Commercial to Residential High Density and to change the zoning from C5-3 (Motor Vehicle Commercial) to H-RA2-Exception (Apartments – Exception) to accommodate the proposed apartment building.
  3. That the "H" holding provision be removed from the H-RA2-Exception (Apartments) zoning applicable to the subject lands, by further amendment upon confirmation from applicable agencies and City Departments that matters as outlined in the staff report dated December 20, 2023, from the Commissioner of Planning and Building have been satisfactorily addressed.
  4. That City Council direct the applicant to satisfy all requirements of the City and any other external agency concerned with the development.

  YES (11)	Councillor S. Dasko, Councillor C. Fonseca, Councillor J. Kovac, Councillor C. Parrish, Councillor D. Damerla, Councillor M. Mahoney, Councillor S. McFadden, Councillor A. Tedjo, Councillor J. Horneck, Councillor M. Reid, and Councillor B. Butt
  ABSENT (1)	Mayor Crombie

  Carried (11 to 0)

6.2

RECOMMENDATION REPORT (ALL WARDS)

Proposed City Initiated Amendments to Sign By-law 0054-2002 to add regulations for Billboard Signs with Electronic Changing Copy

No discussion took place on this item.

• RECOMMENDATION PDC-0002-2024
  Moved By Councillor C. Parrish
  1. That the Report dated December 20, 2023, from the Commissioner of Planning and Building regarding proposed City initiated amendments to Sign By-law 0054-2002 to add regulations for Billboard Signs with Electronic Changing Copy, be approved.
  2. That Sign By-law 0054-2002 be amended to include regulations for Billboard Signs with Electronic Changing Copy.
  3. That staff report back to Planning and Development Committee (PDC) with an alternate sign variance appeal process, if there is no significant reduction in the number of sign variance appeals associated with Billboard Signs with Electronic Changing Copy.

  YES (11)	Councillor S. Dasko, Councillor C. Fonseca, Councillor J. Kovac, Councillor C. Parrish, Councillor D. Damerla, Councillor M. Mahoney, Councillor S. McFadden, Councillor A. Tedjo, Councillor J. Horneck, Councillor M. Reid, and Councillor B. Butt
  ABSENT (1)	Mayor Crombie

  Carried (11 to 0)

7.

ADJOURNMENT

6.27 PM (Councillor D. Damerla)